LB · pick 14 — first ever linebacker at #14 (1968)

LB·pick 14

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #14

Tim Rossovich

Drafted by PHI · USC

1968

LBs drafted at #14 in NFL history

most recent: Thomas Davis (CAR, 2005)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Linebacker at #14, year by year

Each year's estimate uses only that year's draft and the years before it — no peeking ahead. The line smooths across neighboring picks and seasons so a single oddball draft doesn't dominate. The shaded band is the model's 90% uncertainty range.

Peak: 21.3% · 2027 model: 7.0%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#9WRHaven MosesBUF
#10OTMike TaylorPIT
#11QBGreg LandryDET
#12SJim SmithWAS
#13RBMacArthur LaneARI
#15CForrest BlueSF
#16RBMike HullCHI
#17RBLee WhiteNYJ
#18CBJim HillLAC
#19OGMo MoormanKC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2005Thomas DavisCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Georgia
1997Reinard WilsonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Florida St.
1984Jackie ShippMIA — GM Don Shula · Oklahoma
1975Glenn CameronCIN · Florida
1974Randy GradisharDEN · Ohio State

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